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 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, April 1999. Revised by Terry Catapano April 2000 Description is in English October 16, 2006 EAD v1.0 finding aid converted to EAD 2002 using UC Berkeley's eadv1to2002.pl perl script. Inventory of the John Albert Johnson Papers, 1876-1884 Sc MG 55 Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture The New York Public Library New York, New York Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. New York Public Library. 515 Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY 10037-1801 (212) 491-2224 scmarbref@nypl.org http://nypl.org/research/sc/scm/marb.html Deborah Willis February 2000 Apex Data Services; Terry Catapano

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Preface

This inventory is one of several prepared as a part of the archival preservation program at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research division of The New York Public Library.

The Schomburg archival preservation program involves the organization and preservation of primary source material held by the Center and of significance to the study of the Black Experience. It furthermore includes the preparation of detailed inventories of these records, making the information contained therein accessible as well as available to scholars.

The necessary staff and supplies for this program were made available through a combination of Library, National Endowment for the Humanities grant, and State of New York grant funds.

 Descriptive Summary John Albert Johnson Papers, 1876-1884 Sc MG 55 Johnson, John Albert 2 archival boxes (10 linear inches). The New York Public Library Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture English Administrative Information Source

Bequest of Roland R. Johnson, May 1949.

SCM78-38

 Biography

John Albert Johnson was born on October 29, 1857 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. He attended the Hamilton Institute and Upper Canada College. In 1874, Johnson was converted and joined the British Methodist Episcopal Church. He was licensed to preach in Toronto by Reverend S.D. Smith and joined the annual conference in 1875 under Bishop Nazray. In 1876, Johnson was ordained deacon at Halifax, Nova Scotia by Bishop Disney and became an elder in 1880, also under Bishop Disney. He was a delegate to every general conference from 1880 and was a fraternal delegate to the Methodist Episcopal General Conference in Cleveland in 1896. He was also a delegate to the ecumenical conferences of 1891 and 1901.

Johnson was voted for the bishopric in 1908 in Norfolk, Virginia and was elected bishop for South Africa. He also was appointed and served as the presiding bishop of the Second Episcopal District.

Bishop J. Albert Johnson married Minnie S. Goosley of Liverpool, Nova Scotia in the Dominion of Canada in 1880. Their union produced two sons, Roland and Percival Courtland.

Bibliography: Richard Wright. Encylopedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Scope and Content

The John Albert Johnson Papers, 1876-1884, n.d., are composed primarily of sermons written by Bishop Johnson covering a variety of moral and religious issues. Other writings by Johnson in the collection include speeches and biographies of distinguished Afro-Americans. There is also a small sampling of personal papers.

 Container List Personal Papers

The series consists of certificates documenting Bishop Johnson's appointments to various missions (Annapolis, St. Thomas, Liverpool, etc.) by the British Methodist Episcopal Church. Additionally, there are two journals kept by Reverend Johnson. One of the journals, dated November 6, 1889 through April 14, 1892, is structured more or less like a diary and was written while Johnson was ministering in Bermuda. It appears to be one of several volumes he kept during the period he served in Bermuda. The second journal was titled by Johnson, “Notes of a Trip to England” (taken to raise funds for a school he wanted to establish in Bermuda), April 1891 to September 1891.

1 1 Personal, 1876-1883 1 2 Journal, 1889-1892 1 3 Journal, Notes of a Trip to England, 1891 Writings

The series which form the bulk of the collection has been arranged according to type; sermons, speeches, biographies and essays. The Sermons have been further divided by those based on Old Testament and New Testament themes. Within these classifications, the writings are arranged alphabetically.

 Sermons 1 4 C-P 1 5 P-W 1 6 Old Testament - Notes 1 7 New Testament 2 1 New Testament - Untitled 2 2 New Testament - Untitled 2 3 Sermons and Prose - Old and New Testament - Untitled 2 4 Speeches 2 5 Biographies Benjamin Banneker Henry Highland Garnett Lewis G. Wells Samuel Ringgold Ward Isaiah C. Wears James W.C. Pennington James McCune Smith Frederick Douglass James Joshua Gould Bias Ira Aldridge Alexander Dumas, the Younger 2 6 John Bunyan 2 7 Essays Separation Record

The following items were removed from the:

John Albert Johnson Papers SCM78-3

Date received: 1949

Date transferred: 1949

The item(s) listed below have been sent to the division indicated, either to be retained or disposed of there. Any items that should receive special disposition are clearly marked.

Schomburg Library) 177 books (List in Archives Accession File)